Project/Turnaround/ Maintenance Scheduler

About Aster

Aster Chemicals and Energy (Aster) is a leading provider of chemical and energy solutions in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Aster is a joint venture led by Chandra Asri in partnership with Glencore Group. Building on the foundations of Singapore’s first oil refinery, our facilities on Pulau Bukom and Jurong Island serve as the nation’s hub for integrated refining and petrochemical production. Aster Bukom operates a 237,000 barrels per day refinery and a 1.1 million tonne per year ethylene cracker, while Aster Jurong Island produces essential petrochemicals that support industries across the region.

With over 60 years of heritage, Aster is shaping the future by driving progress and creating new opportunities for our people.  From advancing energy solutions to driving petrochemical innovation, we welcome you to join us in our journey that reflects our commitment to sustainability and operational excellence in an evolving industry landscape.

Together, we can achieve more—come be a part of it.

About the job

Deliver/develop and maintain consistent, realistic plans and control structures for the Maintenance, projects and Pitstop, Cat Change and TA (Turnaround).  

Compliance to HSSE standards and requirements to make a safe place to work

Job Responsibilities:

Maintenance Schedule

• Manage Aster maintenance proactive and reactive jobs and coordinate integrated schedule with Production and stakeholders to produce a resource-optimized maintenance execution baseline plan. 
• The Scheduler is responsible for integrated scheduling maintenance activities in production units including construction and non-routine maintenance. 
• Ensure optimum contractor resource utilization via proper scheduling and resource loading. 
• Coordinate with Operation Maintenance Coordinator (OMC), Production teams, Plant Engineers, Contractors, workshop, and other supporting functions to ensure the routine maintenance / non-routine maintenance work schedule is optimal, realistic, and executable. 
• Rearrange the schedule of maintenance activities due to Emergency and Schedule Breaker (E & SB) priority emergence work or bundling the schedule for equipment within the same process unit/system. 

Turnaround Schedule

• Implement TA scheduling premise document for Aster TA scheduling system/tool. 
• Responsible for TA Event Milestone Schedule (MMS), capturing key calendar dates/milestones covering every phase of TA process.  
• Custodian of TA Event Execution Schedule (MES), integrating all work tasks, work packages, support plans, Operation plans and activities for Aster TA events. 
• Ensure that MMS captures all phases of TA are updated timely and accurately for review at every formal strategy, steering & planning meetings.  
• Ensure that all MMS sub-milestone schedules utilized by TA teams, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Projects, Construction, Contractors, Specialist, services providers deployed, and pre/post-TA preparation works are synchronized at all times. 
• Ensure accuracy and high quality of MES through sound network of activity logic/dependencies, resource loading, simultaneous operation (SIMOPS) constrains and congestions due to other works.  
• Provide assurance for Capital Projects that are to be executed during TA are properly constructed and integrated into the TA Master Schedule.  
• Ensure review and buy-in of the integrated TA Master Schedule with key stakeholders and contractors.  

Project Schedule

• Understand the list of plans required to execute the assigned project sub-elements and their interface to other sub-elements.   
• Develop the activities, logic, resources and progress for the assigned project sub-elements, leading to the creation of the baseline schedule and its subsequent maintenance. 
• Conduct the schedule progress update, forecast, critical path and trend analyses for assigned elements, including any impact from interface areas. Provide regular and comprehensive schedule status reports to Project sub-element managers. 
• Assess and incorporate the impact of changes and any deviations from the key project targets and milestones, including productivity monitoring and identification of alternate approaches to optimize the plan(s). 
• Liaise with and challenge Project engineering personnel to ensure proper understanding of the key schedule sensitivities and drivers. 
• Review and verify contractors reported progress and ensure that this is reflected in the program schedule. 
• Responsible for managing the interfaces between Contractor and company associated required to maintain a reliable working schedule and to accurately report on the program performance.  

Job Requirements:

• Diploma/Degree in any Engineering Discipline
• Relevant work experience, mainly technical support in Refinery or Petrochemical Plant. Preferably with some years in Engineering, Projects, Maintenance, Turnaround, or Operation experience. 
• Minimum 5 years in Maintenance/Turnaround/Project coordination
• Knowledge and application of maintenance planning tools like Primavera P3e or Open Plan, MS-Project, Excel and Access, SAP is essential.

Work Location: Bukom

We thank you for your interest. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a discussion.